And the writing continues! If two words get squished together, blame the up-loader. I realized that, in my previous chapters, there were a lot of typos and squished words. For the most part, I fixed that. Oh, I also added some things such as descriptions and I changed the end of chapter three. It won't make a huge impact on the plot, but you may wanna read it. With that said:
Disclaimer: Contrary to popular belief, the world does not revolve around me.
Chapter 4: Destined Meetings
"Firefly come back to me / Make the night as bright as day / I'll be looking out for you / Tell me that you're lonely too / Firefly come lead me on / Follow you into the sun / That's the way it ought to be / Firefly come back to me"
Sora's POV
I felt the sand squish under my shoe as I walked down the shore with Kairi. She was, once again, reading off a list of things I had to find or do for the raft. It wasn't like I listened the first time anyway. I glimpsed up at the warm blue sky, scattered with clouds. I guess that means no rain tonight.
"Don't forget to get a few more logs…" Kairi was saying. The raft seemed to be all we put our time into nowadays. I secretly missed the times I spent with Riku and Kairi when we were kids. Back when life was simple. I let out a sigh and Kairi hit me in the back of the head.
"What was that for?" I asked, rubbing the back of my head. Ow, she sure hit hard.
"Pay attention, Sora. Now, Riku's getting some more shells to create the cement…." Again, my mind began to drift. I hadn't been to the Secret Spot in a while. I should go there later today, I thought, once I finish my slave labor to Kairi. "Don't forget some tree sap, we need that…." I turned my head and saw Riku sitting on the Paupo Tree above us, gazing out into the ocean. His eyes had that far away look, like he was day dreaming. If I sneak up on him, I can push him off and into the water… This would even our score, especially after last time…. He had buried me in sand while I was taking a nap. It took days to get the sand out of my hair.
"Is that it, Kairi?" I asked, wanting to hurry up and get him while he was 'in the zone'. She took one final glance at her list.
"For today, yes. I'll go work on making the holes in the wood for the sail. Hurry with the supplies!"
"Okay! I'll get everything…." I grumbled, walking off to the hut. I jumped on top of it and walked across the bridge. Quietly, I approached Riku. He didn't seem to notice me, so I prepared to push him.
"Sora, don't even try." Riku said, still facing forward, "I can hear your shoes and I know you're behind me. No, I wouldn't fall if you pushed me." He turned his head to face me and stuck out his tongue. "You still sore about the sand incident?"
"I will have my revenge." I muttered, pulling out my wooden sword. "I challenge you to a duel!" Riku laughed.
"Not this again," he said as he jumped off the tree and walked around to face me. "Okay, ready?" He pulled out his wooden sword and got into fighters position. I was about to swing at him when the sky became a pinkish purple color as if the sun were setting or had been dimmed. Both of us immediately looked up and lowered our weapons. A little off shore, a hole of light opened.
"Riku, what's going on?" I asked awestruck.
"I have no idea…." His response worried me. Riku always knew what was going on. A figure was beginning to come out of the hole. I squinted my eyes to get a better view and realized it was a girl. A girl falling from the sky….
"Do you think she's-" I was cut off in mid sentence.
"From another world? Yeah." His eyes were completely focused on the figure. He had such an intense stare, as if his blue green eyes were ablaze.
She was so high up and seemed to be falling at an increasingly fast speed. Light suddenly began to be released from her form in a stream behind her as she fell. Gradually, her fall began to slow and she hovered about twenty feet above the water, no longer upside down, but as if she was lying in a bed. The light then fell around her figure causing her to glow. After few seconds past, her right hand reached out in front of her as if it were attempting to grab onto something. At this moment, light disappeared around her and the sky immediately returned to its usual blue. The girl began to fall exceedingly fast and hit the water's surface with a splash. She was going to drown!
"Riku, what're we going to-" Looking his way, I realized he had just dove off the edge.
Passion's POV
I felt myself slipping into the depths of the ocean. My thoughts were blurring inside my head and I couldn't quite process what it was I needed to do. I released some air from my lungs and watched as the bubbles ran away from me. Something huge and blurry swam into my limited field of vision. It grabbed my hand and pulled me in the direction of the bubbles. I felt as my head broke surface and I took in a deep breath of air.
Opening my eyes, I realized I was in the water off shore from some island. It was about midday and the sky had scattered clouds. The water I was floating in was a very clear shade of blue, so clear I could see the sand at the bottom which was several feet below me. The island itself wasn't very big and had various wooden structures built around it. There were some people on it, about five from what I could see.
"Are you okay?" said a male voice beside me. Must be who pulled me up, I thought as I turned in the water to face him.
"Yeah." I nodded. The boy who had saved me was a teenager with medium length silver hair and intense blue-green eyes. His hair had a bluish tint as it reflected the color of the water and his wet bangs were slightly stuck to his forehead. I immediately felt bad for making him jump in here and get wet. "Thank you very much for saving me. I'm sorry for getting you so wet." I said. He laughed and shook his head.
"I'm fine. Don't worry about it." He studied my eyes. "Are you from another world?" he asked. I nodded.
"Yeah," I said, taking a glance back toward the island. "Where am I?"
"Destiny Island." He took my hand in his. "I'm Riku." I smiled.
"I'm Passion." I said. Riku pointed to the island.
"Do you want to swim to shore now?" he asked. I nodded deciding that I could sort things out better on land than while treading water.
As we swam toward the island I tried to figure out how I got here. Okay, so you were in the attacker ship and then got sucked into that hole thing-amajigger. Maybe it teleported you here? But, it wasn't the usual teleport hole. Maybe it was a black hole? But then, where were the others? Probably here, I decided, we weren't separated last time so I doubt we are now. I'm sure they're okay anyway...
Soon, the water became shallow enough for us to stand. As I stood up and walked beside Riku, I could feel the heaviness of my jeans weigh me down. I was completely soaked; my long curly brown hair dripped constantly as we walked to shore and my brown wife beater 1 stuck closely on my form. I noticed that Riku seemed dry except for his hair. Maybe his clothes were water resistant? They didn't seem that much different from the average Earth clothes; he was wearing a loose pair of jeans and one of those dark blue muscle tees with a black emblem on it.
"Most of the clothes here are made to resist water. They dry as soon as air hits them." he said, noticing that I was staring.
"Oh," I responded. The water was now up to our ankles and the tide was visible. A kid with spiky brown hair and innocent deep blue eyes ran up to us, splashing through the water. He was wearing khaki shorts and a fitted black tee.
"Hi!" the boy greeted with a huge smile on his face. "Are you from another world?"
"Yep." I nodded and smiled.
"Wow!" he exclaimed, "That's so cool! My name's Sora, what's yours?"
"I'm Passion." I said just as we stepped on the shore. It was the usual drill for places that didn't get a lot of outside visitors. They asked me tons of questions and I gave general answers, but not too general because I needed to get information from them as well. While I spoke with them, I took in some cultural details. It seemed that the people here had a civilized society and would welcome me. I inwardly sighed with relief, glad that I wouldn't have to watch my back as I slept. I couldn't really tell what life in the town was like because mainland wasn't clearly visible from this island.
"Will there be others like you coming here too?" one of the boys named Tidus asked. A quick breeze swept against my wet body which caused chilly bumps to appear on my arms. Automatically, I crossed them over my chest holding my elbows to warm them.
"I don't know. I'm not really sure how I got here." I replied.
"You're soaked; do you want to go to the mainland to dry off?" Riku asked, noticing my stance. I nodded. "Guys, we're gonna head back now." he announced to the crowd of kids I had just met. Riku showed me the way to the docks and stepped into one of the small boats tied to the dock. He held out his hand and helped me get into it. Then Riku untied the boat and began to row away from the island.
"Everything wasn't too overwhelming, right?" he asked while he pushed the oar forward.
"I'm used to it by now." I replied, "The reaction I've gotten from everyone here is normal so far. I'm just glad I didn't get stuck on an island with cannibals and human sacrifice."
"Oh we have human sacrifices." he said bluntly looking ahead while pulling the oar back. I felt my right eyebrow twitch. "Kidding, kidding..." he assured me.
"Phew, that scared me for a sec." I said, "We -my friends and I- once were on a world where a sacrifice happened every week. The inhabitants decided that they could just use one of us instead of killing off their own. It was crazy. Luckily we all got out of there okay." I mentally kicked myself for bursting out with that piece of information. God you SUCK at keeping your mouth closed. Good job with destroying world order. Oh well.
"You've been to a lot of worlds, haven't you?" he asked.
"Yeah," I nodded, "Ten I think if you don't include this world." That's right, I told myself, keep it simple...
"Wow, that's amazing." he said tilting his head slightly to the left, "It must be great being able to escape from the confines of a world. Staying in one place for your whole life, living each day the same way... it's just so boring."
"You make it sound as if living in one world is torture." I said, scanning the ocean and then meeting his eyes. "It can't be all that bad."
"I want to have an adventure." he admitted while looking up at the sky, "Here, after a while, you don't get much adventure. The water surrounding this island is like a barrier. I want so badly to get out of this place."
"This island is gorgeous though," I disagreed. I didn't understand how someone could get tired of a place this perfect. Then I thought about my feelings toward Earth and how badly I had wanted to leave it. All of those nights I spend researching cheap ways to travel just so I could get out of my city, all of those days I spent earning money to get a train ticket... "But I can see how you feel. The days become more and more routine and eventually, you're driven out of you mind. Then, expanding your horizon is all you ever think about."
"Exactly." he said. "Back when we were kids, Sora, Kairi and I decided to get off this island. We've spent each year since then thinking of a way to get off. It all started on the night of a meteor shower, when Kairi washed up on shore. She has no memory of where she was from or how she got here. Sora and I met her at the Mayor's office when he finally let her come out to play. I think it was about six years ago? We'd never had someone from a different world come here before, so it was a really big deal. But..." he shook his head, "She just doesn't remember anything. I'm hoping that once we get off this island, we can find Kairi's world. Maybe then all of our questions will be answered."
"Have you guys figured out how to get off of the island yet?" I asked.
"We're building a raft; it should be done in a few weeks." he said. A warm ocean breeze grazed past us causing his silver hair to flutter in the wind as he pushed and pulled the oars. Wow, he's built. I thought to myself noticing his strong arms as he rowed. But I mean, come on. A raft? He started talking again. "I can't wait to start an adventure." he said and smiled at me, "So, how'd you travel to other worlds?" Oh great, how do I answer this one? I didn't want to lie to him; he had been so honest and open with his feelings. However, I had a duty to fulfill. Damn.
"By ship." Let him imagine any ship he likes, I thought to myself as I continued, "My friends and I were on it together. We crashed and I literally woke up while I was in the air. I was hoping that they'd be here too, but I guess not." I gave a pathetic laugh. "Ah, it's the first time we've been separated like this. I really hope they're okay." I suddenly got one of those random choky-crying feelings that sometimes overwhelm my senses. God I hate those. I shrugged my shoulders to get it out of my system as I gazed at the horizon. We were nearing a larger island with houses on it and a bigger dock.
"We're getting close to mainland. It's a small town, so people will automatically know you're not from around here. Keep quiet and go along with what I say." He gave a sturdy laugh, "We don't want to cause a mob. I'll walk you to my house and then my mom will set up a meeting with the Major for you. Okay?"
"Okay." I said, nodding as we pulled into the dock. Standing on the dock was an older man (maybe in his 30's?) with short dark brown hair wearing loose brown pants that resembled sweats, but poofed out around the ankle area and a peasant-ish looking shirt.
"Hey Riku!" he called at us, "Whose you're friend? I don't recognize her."
"She's from another town," Riku responded while tying the boat to the dock. I smiled and nodded my head slightly.
"I don't remember seeing her earlier. Boy is she wet; why aren't her clothes drying?" the man cocked his eyebrow. Riku shrugged.
"We're heading home to find that out right now." He stepped out of the boat and then helped me up to the dock.
"She sure is dressed different from the other girls here." He looked me over. "Where'd you say you were from again?" he said, giving me a suspicious look. I was at a loss of words. I couldn't just make up something...
"A town just north of here. We'd better hurry home now." Riku quickly said, grabbing my right hand and pulling me along. "See ya." he waved with his free hand and we walked down a dirt path. Grass lined the path and I could see we were headed toward several small houses. The path soon split into two directions and Riku lead me down one of them. We passed people on the path that began to stare and whisper things to each other. I looked up at Riku who was focused on the path in front of him, not making eye contact with anyone. We soon came to a medium size house. The roof was brown and the overall house was an off white. It was very cute looking and reminded me of the houses back on Earth. Riku pushed open the door and we entered.
The house on the inside had a very comfortable touch. The walls were a light brown and the furniture was wooden or painted brown. There were a few lights along the wall that gave off a warm glow. I could smell baking bread coming from a room to my left.
"Riku! Are you home? It's awfully early. I saw that the sky got darker; did we have a quick storm?" a gentle female voice called from where I guessed was the kitchen. I heard what sounded like pots being set in a cabinet.
"Mom, could you come out here for a second?" he asked. I heard something being set down in the other room and then small foot steps. The woman stepped out of the door way. She wore a white apron over a simple light orange dress. Her hair was shoulder length blonde and she had big, dark brown eyes. She looked me over and smiled.
"Who's your friend, Riku? I don't think I've ever met her." his mother stated.
"Her name is Passion." he said. "She-"
"She's soaked! Poor dear, what happened?" his mother interrupted.
"Um, I have things I could change into. Where is your bathroom?" I asked, feeling very awkward in my outfit. I figured me changing would give them time to talk.
"It's down the hall, second door to the right." Riku muttered and pointed. I nodded and walked that way. Once I was inside the bathroom, I heard them start talking again. Riku was explaining what happened and his mom was asking a lot of questions. Suddenly, they lowered their voices and continued talking. I cursed in my head, wanting to know what they were saying. I decided I was being too nosy and that I should just change. I opened my TDS and located a fresh pair of jeans and a brown fitted tee with Hello Kitty on the front. I took off my wet clothes and put them in my TDS, wondering if they'd be dry the next time I check. Then I slipped the dry shirt over my head. I finished zipping up my jeans and examined myself in the mirror. The waterproof eye liner and hair tamer I had purchased on Zxeaphon actually worked really well. Phew, I don't look too bewildered, except... I noticed I had a small cut under my left eye and a few more cuts on my arms. Heal 'em later... I told myself. I would have done it at that moment, but I didn't want to draw any attention to the bathroom by yelling, "HEAL!". Just as I closed the TDS, I heard someone knock at the front door. Riku and his mother stopped their quiet talking.
"I'll get it." she announced in her bell-like voice. I turned off the bathroom light and stepped out. I saw Riku standing with his arms crossed and his mother with her back to us opening the door. He walked toward me and didn't make eye contact.
"This way." he muttered, walking past me. I followed him through the kitchen doorway and into the kitchen. The kitchen had everything a basic Earth kitchen did; a sink, a stove/oven, what looked like a refrigerator, a pantry, and dishes. The floor was wooden, the walls were a light coffee color, and there were three archways leading out of the kitchen. On the stove, steam came from a pot filled with some sort of vegetable and bread appeared to be in the oven. I inhaled the wonderful aroma of baking bread and steamed vegetables and the lingering smell of incense. We exited the kitchen through the archway on our left and entered a room what I'd say was a living room. The flooring was off-white shag with a very comfy looking dark brown couch. The couch sat near a stone fire place with a wooden coffee table in front of it and some upholstered chairs that matched the couch. Riku strode over to the couch and sat down on it. 2 I just kinda stood in the room, not sure if I should follow and sit or wait there.
"You can sit if you'd like." he mumbled patting the area next to him. I nodded my head slowly, walked to the couch, and sat down. He shifted to his right so he could face me. "Are you hurt from the fall?"
"Not too badly. I just have a few scratches here and there as far as I can tell." I responded. I lifted my left arm and examined it. Cuts and scrapes were scattered down it. Some still stung a little and I could see where bruises were coming up. Shit, I remembered, I left the bruise balm on the ship... "Eh, they'll heal." I muttered to myself. Riku reached out and lightly touched one of the bruises forming on my wrist.
"Do you want something for that?" he asked while examining my injuries.
"If it's not too much trouble-" I began.
"It's fine." He stood up and walked to over to the archway.
"Oh, um and thank you again for helping me so much today!" I called as he walked into the kitchen.
"Don't worry about it." I heard him say from the kitchen. I put my hands on my knees as I sat there and waited for him to get back. This world is so much like Earth.. I thought to myself, I miss Earth.. Well, the people at least. I wonder what everyone's doing right now. Where are they anyway? My friends... Not just Pam, Carolyn, Amber, and Lisa; but everyone. I hope I'll see them again. What if they're hurt? And I'm just sitting here, stuck on this world, helpless... I clenched my fists in my lap and looked at the floor. What if I'm separated forever and I never see everyone again? The full impact of this crash and the end of Earth were tugging at my thoughts. It had been in the back of my mind until this moment when I was left alone to think. The uncertainty of my future is what scared me the most. I just didn't know what I was going to do at this point and I didn't know if my loved ones were okay. I felt tears fill in my eyes and I quickly started thinking happy thoughts. I couldn't let myself cry here. God you're such a sap. Suck it up, I told myself. Crying won't bring anyone back. I felt a little better now, but my eyes were still full. I blinked a few times, hoping the tears would go away.
"I have the stuff for your bruises." I heard Riku say as he entered the room. I turned my head to face him.
"Thank you!" I said and smiled. The smile caused a tear to drop out of my water-filled eyes. Dumbass.
"Are you okay?" he quickly said, walking over to me. I nodded and quickly wiped my cheek with my hand.
"Yeah, um I just had something in my eye is all." I lied. He gave me a suspicious look.
"Are you sure?" he asked while he sat next to me. I hesitated and then nodded. "Okay then..." he said, "Hold out your arms."
"Okay." I mumbled while sticking out my arms. Riku took some of the powder from the jar and sprinkled it onto my various scrapes and bruises. When the powder touched my skin, it glowed green for a second and then disappeared along with the injury.
"There we go." he said as he re-corked the bottle and set it on the coffee table.
"Thank you very much." I said for the umpteenth time.
"There's a mob of people outside," Riku's mother shouted from the kitchen, "I just called the mayor and he's heading this way. You have sure drawn a lot of attention." She entered the room carrying a porcelain tea pot and some tea cups. She set two cups in front of Riku and I and two at the other end of the table. She then poured the tea into each cup and took a seat opposite of Riku. "Are you overwhelmed by any of this?" she politely asked me.
"No, not really." I said, "I'm fine."
"I'm glad to hear that." she smiled and then I heard the door ring.
"I'll get that." Riku announced standing up. "Then I'm heading back to the island, okay?" His mother nodded and shooed him along. In a matter of seconds I heard the door open, loud noises from outside, and then it close. A large man walked into the room wearing an oddly pinkish colored suit. He looked to be in his forties and appeared very friendly.
"Why hello there." he said in a very deep, loud voice. I shook his hand. "I'm the mayor of this island, what's your name?"
"Passion." I responded and smiled. Then I pretty much re-answered the same questions that I had been asked by the kids. It was going to be a long day...
Later that Day
I stood in the apartment that the mayor was letting me stay in. It was a decent size, I guess. The room had a small kitchen, a bedroom, a bathroom,
nice closet space, etc. It was pretty homey and, I mean, it smelled nice… Don't get too comfortable here, I told myself, You're leaving ASAP. Just stick it out until you can get a ship over here... That reminded me to check the damage on my communicator. I opened the TDS and located my communicator. The screen was black, so I turned it on.
No Signal.
"Damn it," I cursed, "Now I gotta figure out how to fix this thing..." I sat at the desk in 'my' room and started working on it.
About an hour into my work, someone knocked on my door. I figured that it was the mayor asking me to come to the town meeting he had mentioned earlier. But that wasn't until another hour... Maybe he wants you to help set up or something queer like that? "Coming!" I called to whoever it was. I got up and walked toward the door. As I opened it, I saw a two of the kids that I had first met when I 'landed' on the island.
"Hi!" said the brunette with spiky hair, Sora I think he said his name was.
"Hello." I responded with a smile.
"Do you want us to show you around the island?" the girl with reddish color hair asked. I was pretty sure her name was Kairi. Too bad you suck so badly at names, Passion. I told myself.
"Sure!" I slipped on my shoes and closed the door behind me. Instead going to the main exit, Sora and Kairi began walking the opposite way
"The main exit is packed with people; we're leaving through the back." he explained. I nodded and followed them. The back exit was easy to miss if you weren't looking for it; it was tucked behind a few empty boxes and didn't even have a doorknob. Sora moved a few boxes and slid it open. Sunlight poured in from the opening and we stepped out. There were a lot of trees and bushes with flowers, but I didn't see the path. Sora and Kairi led me through the bushes and up a hill. At the top of the hill there was a clearing and I could see far off the shores of the island. The colors of the setting sun spilled into the ocean.
"It's beautiful..." I cooed. We all sat down in the grass.
"Yep." Kairi agreed. "We're waiting for Riku to meet us up here. In the meantime," she said, turning to face me, "I have some questions..." Kairi explained that she came from a different world, but was too young to remember it. She wanted to know if I knew anything about her leaving it.
"Well, I don't think you came from Earth, "I began, "but then again there's really no way of me knowing that. People disappeared on Earth everyday though usually they were just murdered or kidnapped." I shrugged. "I think you'll know when you find your world. Deep inside of your heart there are still memories of it. No matter what, people don't completely lose their memories. You just need to find something to trigger them."
"That's if I ever get off this island..." she muttered and lay back in the grass.
"I know you will." I said, "I mean, you got off your world somehow in the first place."
"I can't wait to see Kairi's home." Sora mumbled.
"You already have." I received confused stares from both of them. "Well, Kairi grew up here. This place is her home. Sometimes, people forget that home is not where they came from, but where they make it. You know the saying, 'Home is where the heart is.'"
"Actually I've never heard of that before..."
"Me either." Kairi agreed.
"I guess it's an Earth thing..." I shrugged, "But it's true, you know?" They nodded. Suddenly, I heard a rustling in the bushes behind us. We all turned to see the source of the noise.
"its hell sneaking up here," Riku said while dusting off his pants. "Word sure spreads fast, eh? I swear, it's like everyone from town is in the street right now."
"They probably are, " Sora said looking at me, "trying to get a glimpse of you. It's not everyday we get someone from a different world. Wasn't it a lot like this when Kairi showed up?" Riku nodded.
"That was one confusing day," Sora began, "I-" He was bluntly cut off by the sound of someone screaming. Suddenly, more people began screaming and shouting off in the distance.
"What's going on?" I asked, alarmed by the noises. A loud bell began to chime.
"That's the alarm bell!" Riku halfway shouted, "You guys stay here, I'm going to see what's going on." He sprinted into the woods.
"Hey! I'm going too!" Sora called while running after him. Kairi and I both stood up and looked in the direction the boys had gone.
"Well, I guess we should go see what's going on, right?" I asked her.
"It could be dangerous..." she mumbled. I shrugged.
"Eh, who cares. I'm curious!" I said, "Besides, it's not like we're that much safer sitting here..." Kairi thought this over and nodded.
"You're right. Let's go."
When we exited the small forest area, we saw a mob of people running in all directions. I made an attempt to stop someone and ask what was going on but I received no answer. I looked to my left and realized that Kairi was gone. Great. I am so lost. I slowly walked around/dodged the running people. It seemed as if most of the 'excitement' was coming from the docking area, so I was headed that way. Soon the amount of people began to thin out and I could see through them better.
The ocean was having a spazz attack; waves crashed in all different directions and I could see dark rain clouds forming.
"The hell?" I muttered to myself. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck very close to my foot, causing me to jump back in excitement. The water dipped inward and I saw something dark forming deep beneath the surface.
"What's going on?" Riku said from behind me.
"I have no clue..." I responded, keeping focus on the water. "Whatever it is doesn't seem good." As if on cue, a huge wave was pulled from the ocean. It towered what seemed like hundreds of feet above us. I could tell it was about to crash onto the island, which would wipe out mostly all of the houses in this village. I know I shouldn't meddle, but... Time seemed to slow down around me as I contemplated what it was I should do. Using my powers here could cause massive controversy or I could get blamed for this whole mishap. Not to mention I could get into trouble. But, wasn't I supposed to help other worlds? Not to mention these people had been so nice to me...
Water began to crash down from the top of the wave. Wind whipped around me at an alarming rate. I needed to make a decision and fast. I glanced over at Riku who had an amazed expression void of fear on his face. I saw Sora next to him, mouth gaping. Oh man, I can't let this thing crash here... I sighed and stepped forward a little bit. The wind seemed to be trying to push me away from the looming mass of wave, but I ignored it. Placing both of my hands in front of me, I began to cast the largest shield spells I had ever attempted.
I could feel my inner energy being drained out of my body. My fingertips felt warm as the power was released from it and into one large mass. Soon, the mass of energy began to spread and cover the island. I watched as the water spilled onto my newly made dome and back into the ocean. I feared an overflow, so I began to cast (what I guessed was) an absorption spell with my other hand. I had never used this amount of power before and I began to feel over whelmed.Curse my shitty endurance! I thought to myself while the absorption spell began to power up. Casting both spells at once felt like I was being ripped in half. I couldn't take much more energy leaving me, but at the same time I had to finish what I started. You can do this, I told myself, It's not so difficult, just tiring. Hang in there...
I felt the final release of the absorption spell as it left my fingertips. The intensity that was omitted from my finger tips caused me fall on my bum, as if I had just shot a gun. I watched as the orb of energy passed through my shield and then 'froze' the water. The water then trickled into the orb and when all was obtained, the orb laid it flat back on the ocean. The spell caused the storm clouds to dissolve and all wind to die down. I lifted my left hand and pumped it in the air.
"I actually did okay this time! Score!" I exclaimed and looked around to see where Riku and Sora were. I saw Sora lying on his back about three feet to the right of me and seven feet back. "Sora, are you okay!" I shouted, hopping to my feet and running over to him. He sat up with a wide eyed expression on his face.
"That. Was. So. Cool." he said, "How did you do that?"
"I dunno. I just guessed." I replied while helping him up.
"But, where'd you learn-" Sora was cut off by the sounds of a lot of people. I turned around and saw, like, thirty upset looking adults arguing with Riku.
"She didn't do it." he said, "It was just the weather."
"Weather my ass." said some old dude, "The 'weather' doesn't 'just' behave so erratically." Sora and I walked up to the crowd and he tapped Riku on the shoulder.
"What's going on?" I heard him whisper to Riku. I looked into the angry crowd. It seemed as if all their attention was focused on me; I could feel beams of hatred coming from their eyes. Gahhhh what'd I do now? Then, I heard a voice from the crowd.
"Trying to destroy our island... Take this!" I looked in the direction of the voice just in time to see a rock coming full force at my face. As if on reflex, Riku's hand came up and caught the rock, inches from my face. I let out a sigh of relief.
"I'm sorry, but I didn't do anything!" I called to them.
"Yeah right! LIAR!" were the responses I received. I saw someone else begin to pick up a rock. Shittttt
"Stop! STOP!" an old voice called from the back. Pushing through the crowd, I saw a very old man with small round glasses. He was balding and thin like a rail. "I'm so very sorry," he said while shaking my hand, "I'm this town's weather specialist." He turned to the crowd. "People, I caused this semi disaster. You see, I was trying to put up this towns tsunami shield when I accidentally corrupted the spell. It caused a chain reaction with the water, releasing an almost tsunami. Please do be nicer. This young lady had nothing to do with it." I heard a murmur ripple through the crowd and an embarrassed look echoed on everyone's face. "I think everyone is sorry," the old man said, "It was very rash of them to blame you so suddenly." he stated, sending a glare to the crowd.
I felt the scenery begin to spin, so I blinked my eyes to make them refocus. "Oh, it's all right..." I said, attempting to stop the spinning. "It could have been worse." I brought my right hand to my forehead. Why am I so dizzy? Gorsh I feel drunk... I thought, stumbling backward.
"Are you okay?" Riku asked while steadying me.
"I...I think so..." I said as my eyes went in and out of focus. Damn, I must have used too much energy... I thought as everything blurred to black.
Wow this chapter took me forever to post. Partially because I'm a lazy good for nothing, but also because I kept wanting to add stuff. I hope you all enjoyed reading and will review for me. I will love you forever if you do! Also, next chapter I will make a post personally thanking everyone who does.:-:.
1 A wife beater is like, a tank top kind of? But with thicker straps. I'm not sure what everyone calls them.
2 At this part, I wanted him to say, "Go make me a sandwich..." which is one of my favorite English quotes at this moment in time.